Dale Smith
Platinum Member
Screaming fire in a crowded theater is not free speech. Following that logic and restriction, spreading dangerous misinformation may be similar to screaming fire in the crowded theater when the misinformation causes danger for the public.The biggest problem caused by foreign countries influencing elections is not direct assistance to candidates but rather planting information in social media, bulletin boards like this one, blogs, and tips to reporters, radio call ins and tips to political writers by people working for other countries and anti-US factions within the US. Today, you do not need a real story backed up by facts to effect elections, you just need a story to go viral. Social media will twist it as needed. I would be surprised if we didn't have agents posting on this board that are working for foreign countries. There are many posts that are misrepresentations of a story that appears in media and often that story is a total fabrication and when it's not, the poster twists it to make it so.Trump admits he'd take info from foreign countries to help him win elections Now, did he take help, the dirt, from Russia ?? No morals No ethics The man is a walking slime bag Defends son for not calling fbi on russian meeting
Trump says he would accept dirt on political rivals from foreign governments - CNNPolitics
There is also another aspic to the problem. Some countries such as Russia want to spread disinformation to the public such that the public loses faith in the media as well as public officials. So they just don't know what to believe or who to believe.
So I guess you against free speech.
So? Whom is the arbiter of truth, Camp??